Job Description
About the Role
The Junior Research Nurse role at Red Cross Children’s Hospital will provide support to the Senior Professional Research Nurse in conducting clinical trials and observational studies for the University of Cape Town Lung Institute. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing high-quality nursing care to participants, administering routine vaccinations, and collecting various biological samples.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer routine vaccinations
- Perform infant and paediatric blood sample collection in accordance with study protocols
- Recruit participants (pregnant mothers and infants) for the Unit’s ongoing observational cohort and clinical trials
- Provide nursing care for enrolled participants
- Perform study procedures including but not limited to:
- Phlebotomy (in adults, children, and infants)
- Urine collection
- Stool collection
- Induced sputum and nasopharyngeal aspirate procedures
- Exhaled breath collection
- Point-of-care ultrasound
- Collects SATS, respiratory rate, and demographic information from participants
- Support Senior Professional Research Nurse with:
- Stock taking
- Consumables management and ordering
- Maintenance of the emergency trolley
- Look up study test results using TrakCare and other databases as required
- Ensure results from tests are communicated to appropriate research team members
- Perform duty-specific data collection and questionnaire administration with participants
- Perform quality control of data using electronic data capturing
Requirements
- Diploma / Degree in Nursing Registered with SANC
- Experience working in paediatrics as a Professional Nurse/Midwife
- Additional experience working in Paediatrics and Infectious Diseases would be advantageous
- Strong interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills
- Ability to co-ordinate, multi-task and work under pressure
- Strong planning and organising skills
- Ability to work independently and with minimal supervision
- Ability to work as part of a clinical team
- Good computer skills, proficient with MS office applications and comfortable with data entry of clinical information on tablets/laptops/desktop computers
Qualifications
None mentioned in the original job description.
Salary & Benefits
Not mentioned in the original job description.
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